Articulating Reasons : An Introduction to Inferentialism

Robert B. Brandom

ISBN 10: 0674006925 / ISBN 13: 9780674006928

Published by Harvard University Press Mai 2011, 2011

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Articulating Reasons : An Introduction to Inferentialism
• Publisher: Harvard University Press Mai 2011
• Publication Date: 2011
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0674006925
• ISBN 13: 9780674006928
• Binding: Taschenbuch
• Condition: Neu
• Dimensions: 209W x 167H x 31D millimeters 209 millimeters width by 167 millimeters height by 31 millimeters depth
• Weight: 290 grams

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Synopsis

Robert B. Brandom is one of the most original philosophers of our day, whose book Making It Explicit covered and extended a vast range of topics in metaphysics, epistemology, and philosophy of language--the very core of analytic philosophy. This new work provides an approachable introduction to the complex system that Making It Explicit mapped out. A tour of the earlier book's large ideas and relevant details, Articulating Reasons offers an easy entry into two of the main themes of Brandom's work: the idea that the semantic content of a sentence is determined by the norms governing inferences to and from it, and the idea that the distinctive function of logical vocabulary is to let us make our tacit inferential commitments explicit.

Brandom's work, making the move from representationalism to inferentialism, constitutes a near-Copernican shift in the philosophy of language--and the most important single development in the field in recent decades. Articulating Reasons puts this accomplishment within reach of nonphilosophers who want to understand the state of the foundations of semantics.

About the Author

Robert B. Brandom is Distinguished Professor of Philosophy at the University of Pittsburgh and a Fellow of both the American Academy of Arts and Sciences and the British Academy. He delivered the John Locke Lectures at the University of Oxford and the Woodbridge Lectures at Columbia University. Brandom is the author of many books, including Making It Explicit, Reason in Philosophy, and From Empiricism to Expressivism (all from Harvard).